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Hi everyone, At the conference, one highly attended break-out session was dedicated to a "Code4Lib Mentorship Program". Each attendee there voiced a desire to improve the process of finding and/or sharing expertise within the C4L community. Some people wanted to form groups to learn new technology together (ex. that recent Py/PyMARC thread); others needed help right away with some new task that just landed on their desk. This community is full of knowledge, so let's share it. On behalf of the attendees of this breakout, I'm officially reigniting the Code4Lib Mentorship Program today. - - - - As a first step, as we work to build up the program, please indicate your desire to participate following the links below. == Call for Mentors == If you are willing to be a mentor, please follow the examples and add your name, contact information and areas of specialization to the wiki here: http://wiki.code4lib.org/Mentorship_Program#Mentors At a minimum, mentors should be willing to coordinate an hour-long online hangout monthly. You could do much more than that, but you shouldn't do less. Basically, it's a commitment to check in and offer your expertise once a month. == Call for Partners == If you want to find a mentor or learn something new, please add your name, contact information and area of interest to the wiki here: http://wiki.code4lib.org/Mentorship_Program#Partners I want to especially welcome people who feel uncomfortable with their level of technical foo/bar/baz to participate. Everyone of all levels is invited and encouraged to join up. - - - - Lastly, if you have time to assist in building the C4L mentorship program into all that it should be, please send me your name and contact information. I will arrange a conference all or Google hangout in March for all the people interested in building the mentorship program itself. Thanks! - Eric -- Eric Larson Web Architect and User Experience Analyst University of Minnesota Libraries 612-624-5332